I'm sure you're all watching with great anticipation for my 2017 Anticipated Releases weekly posts in which I gush over books coming out next year that I'm excited about. But there are some that I am even more excited about than others, so I contacted those authors and asked if I could interview them. Lucky me, they said yes. So I have a bunch of author interviews in November so that you guys can learn more about some super awesome sounding books and add them to your TBR!
Without further ado, here is a fantastic interview with the lovely KAYLA OLSON, author of the forthcoming novel THE SANDCASTLE EMPIRE!
Author: Kayla Olson
Series: N/A
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: June 6, 2017
Summary:
When all hope is gone, how do you survive?
Before the war, Eden’s life was easy—air conditioning, ice cream, long days at the beach. Then the revolution happened, and everything changed.
Now a powerful group called the Wolfpack controls the earth and its resources. Eden has lost everything to them. They killed her family and her friends, destroyed her home, and imprisoned her. But Eden refuses to die by their hands. She knows the coordinates to the only neutral ground left in the world, a place called Sanctuary Island, and she is desperate to escape to its shores.
Eden finally reaches the island and meets others resistant to the Wolves—but the solace is short-lived when one of Eden’s new friends goes missing. Braving the jungle in search of their lost ally, they quickly discover Sanctuary is filled with lethal traps and an enemy they never expected.
This island might be deadlier than the world Eden left behind, but surviving it is the only thing that stands between her and freedom.
Kayla Olson: As far as my day-to-day routine goes, I am definitely a morning person. When my little guy was younger, I would write from 6–8AM and during naps/evenings/on Saturdays. Now that he’s in kindergarten, I’ve mostly shifted that 6–8AM block to overlap with the half day he spends at school. My big-picture routine is very methodical—I work best when focusing on one project at a time. I’ll throw all my energy into drafting for a season, then switch gears to another project while the first is with readers, and just work my way down my list of frontburner to-do list items. In my bullet journal, I plan about twenty weeks’ worth of goals at a time, then try my best to work through that big-picture plan on a day-to-day basis.
Kayla Olson: I learned so much about the world through books when I was younger. More than that, books were always a bit of a safety net for me during the lonelier times, particularly the year we moved—that adjustment was not a smooth one, and books brought a sort of stability in a time where I felt my world had been turned upside down. I believe books have the power to build up a reader’s empathy, bravery, and sense of connection—I write for younger audiences because that’s the age I was when I needed those things the most, but honestly, I don’t think people ever outgrow the need to be built up in those ways.
Without further ado, here is a fantastic interview with the lovely KAYLA OLSON, author of the forthcoming novel THE SANDCASTLE EMPIRE!
THE SANDCASTLE EMPIRE
Author: Kayla OlsonSeries: N/A
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: June 6, 2017
Summary:
When all hope is gone, how do you survive?
Before the war, Eden’s life was easy—air conditioning, ice cream, long days at the beach. Then the revolution happened, and everything changed.
Now a powerful group called the Wolfpack controls the earth and its resources. Eden has lost everything to them. They killed her family and her friends, destroyed her home, and imprisoned her. But Eden refuses to die by their hands. She knows the coordinates to the only neutral ground left in the world, a place called Sanctuary Island, and she is desperate to escape to its shores.
Eden finally reaches the island and meets others resistant to the Wolves—but the solace is short-lived when one of Eden’s new friends goes missing. Braving the jungle in search of their lost ally, they quickly discover Sanctuary is filled with lethal traps and an enemy they never expected.
This island might be deadlier than the world Eden left behind, but surviving it is the only thing that stands between her and freedom.
Purchase:
Amazon | Chapters | TBD | HarperCollins
What is your writing routine?
Kayla Olson: As far as my day-to-day routine goes, I am definitely a morning person. When my little guy was younger, I would write from 6–8AM and during naps/evenings/on Saturdays. Now that he’s in kindergarten, I’ve mostly shifted that 6–8AM block to overlap with the half day he spends at school. My big-picture routine is very methodical—I work best when focusing on one project at a time. I’ll throw all my energy into drafting for a season, then switch gears to another project while the first is with readers, and just work my way down my list of frontburner to-do list items. In my bullet journal, I plan about twenty weeks’ worth of goals at a time, then try my best to work through that big-picture plan on a day-to-day basis.
Why do you write for younger audiences?
Kayla Olson: I learned so much about the world through books when I was younger. More than that, books were always a bit of a safety net for me during the lonelier times, particularly the year we moved—that adjustment was not a smooth one, and books brought a sort of stability in a time where I felt my world had been turned upside down. I believe books have the power to build up a reader’s empathy, bravery, and sense of connection—I write for younger audiences because that’s the age I was when I needed those things the most, but honestly, I don’t think people ever outgrow the need to be built up in those ways.
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